We love swimming pools at the thetoyzone.com so we put together a list of our favourites:
1. Ledge Pool
At 10 floors up, this hanging pool in Texas gives swimmers a dazzling view. The pool has an overhang of 8 feet directly above Dallas main street.
2. Baghdad Pool
Local Iraqi’s didn’t let the the small matter of a war stop them taking a dip. However I do worry a little about where that soldier is pointing his gun.
3. Worlds Deepest Pool
At 33 meters deep this is the worlds deepest manmade pool. The Nemo tank in Belgium is loved by scuba divers around the world.
4. Derelict (Radioactive) Pool
So you won’t find this at your nearest Hilton but this place is still really cool. This place would be great to host an illegal rave or even just some skating.
EDIT: Thanks to Nick for pointing out that this pool is actually in Chernobyl.
Nick: You do realise that pool is at Pripyat, a city in Ukraine that is abandoned due to it’s proximity to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster?
Don’t think many people would fancy a rave or some skating at the risk of radiation poisoning!
5. The Mayan Temple Pool
The Mayan Temple slide shoots you vertically through a shark tank. Thankfully the “leap of faith” is protected by flexi glass.
Recently one shark had its own leap of faith when it jumped the 1ft high barrier onto the slide itself. Whilst the shark survived the drop it sadly died in the chlorinated pool below.
6. Auckland Hilton Hotel
This unique pool has an underwater viewing window that offers breathtaking views of the harbour.
Peeping toms armed with a telephoto lens are in with a chance of catching a sight of bikini clad bathers.
7. Infinity Pool
Infinity pools are designed in such a way that it looks like the pool stretches on forever. This amazing example of such a pool is at the Bulgari Resort in Bali.
8. Worlds Largest Swimming Pool
Try holding your breath and swimming a length of this pool!
This mammoth of a pool is over 1,000 yards long and most people get around of small boats. With 60 million gallons of water, I wonder if its ok to take a piss in it?
9. Pool in your garage
Most of us can’t afford a $30 million infinity pool in our backyard but a guy named Paul didn’t let this put him off having a pool. Paul decided to convert his garage into a pool ““ DIY style. Using parts ordered off the internet, Paul managed to fit a pool where he used to park his Honda.
10.Golden Nugget Casino Pool
In true Vegas opulence this $30 million pool complex has a water slide passing through a shark infested tank.
11. Devils Swimming Pool
Each year the dry season allows the creation of mothers natures ultimate infinity pool. At any other time of the year, swimmers would be swept away to their deaths!
Low water levels reveal a rock wall that allows dare devil bathers the ability to swim just feet away from Victoria falls crashing into neighbouring Zimbabwe.
12. Mega packed Pool
The job of the lifeguard must be insane at this pool in the Chinese province of Sichuan.
Avalon hotel, Gothenburg SWE: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3156/2773242413_8b4d383ccc.jpg
This is the worst collection of comments I’ve ever seen in my life. And believe me, that’s saying a lot.
Lol, Josh with the COD reference. That’s AWESOME! That’s also the first thing I thought when I saw it
number 12 is 80% urine and 100% full
Number 4 is a pool that appears in the video game “Call of Duty 4″ in a level that takes place in a town near Chernobyl. Creepy to see that it truly exists…
The pool I learned to swim at in Coral Gables Florida called Venetian Pool should be in this list of pools. Check it out some day it is real cool even in the Miami summer. Waterfalls and caves etc.
Whoa, Brodie…chill out! Maybe a dip in the pool will help! All in good fun, dontcha know. Anyway, I like the first one, though I think it might induce vertigo or at least a feeling of unease. But sure looks neato!
Hey, Ned, before you start bemoaning capitalism, you should do a little research. The pool you’re talking about is in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. Granted, I think it’s stupid, also, but just make sure you’re bashing the wrong group. If you want to see a waste of money, look at some of the things they’re either building or have already built. They’re working on a building that changes shape, with each floor individually rotating around a central elevator. They also have the world’s larges water fountain.
Why? Because they can. They have more money than sense, and are trying to build a tourist trap in a nation that still suffers under Islamic Sharia law.
pools 1 and 6 are sweeet shit!
On June 26, 2009 matt said:
…Ravers and Skaters would be fine, the radiation from the nuclear meltdown has dissipated enough to not cause problems and in fact the small trace amounts of radiation …have a greater chance of improving your health much like a sun tan.
That’s not true Matt. In 2008, I was in Ukraine at the Chernobyl Museum in Kiev and they made it clear that, while the levels of radiation have dropped, it is not safe to be there for more than a very short time. No one can enter without government permission and that’s not granted easily. (Documentaries and scientists.) All you have to do is kick up some dust in those abandoned building and you’ve poisoned yourself.
#2 isn’t photoshopped, its from getty images and you can see it again in the source link.
“The Mayan Temple slide shoots you vertically through a shark tank. ”
It looks an awful lot like the tube goes horizontally through it, no?
Some very cool pools! Makes me want to jump in one with this 98 degree Florida weather… Just not the Chernobyl one.
I’d love to point out that number 9 is actually called an endless pool. It’s what many Olympic swimmers use to train themselves.
Here you go. Some research help.
http://www.endlesspools.com/indexo.html
Is it just me or is number four in call of duty 4.
Chernobyl Pool, You can get yourself a Geiger counter. That is how they probably got the photo.
that one deserted pool in call of duty 4
that baghdad pool is where id go lol
Your second admirable pool, the one in Baghdad. I showed it to a friend of mine who is an armorer in the army. It’s the camera angle, he’s not pointing the gun at anyone, and his finger isn’t on the trigger.
…wonders (along with others) why the hell people would post the same damn idiotic comments already posted by at least a dozen other idiots… why not actually READ the comments, might actually LEARN something… and not look like a total moron…
just a friendly observation
P.S. like the pools.. hey isn’t #4… hahaha nevermind
I am a fucked up putz and a ratbastard. I screwed my family out of $500,000 and ruined my aunt in law.
I am a terrible father and a liar.
i eat you
#12. Lifeguard: easiest job in the world. You can’t drown standing up
Shit man, I wanna know more about the above comment.
anyone heard of mermaids in New Zealand – haha
sorry, that isn’t very clear, have you heard of the club in New Zealand called mermaids…
*gags at the last one* You ever been in a pool like that? The water tastes salty. And no, it WASN’T simulated ocean water.
tell us more…
“However I do worry a little about where that soldier is pointing his gun.”
That is a common thing for those that are inexperienced with firearms to worry about. Worry about where he is pointing his rifle when his finger is off the trigger is like worrying about your TV turning on because you pointed the remote at it even though you didn’t push any buttons.
“Plexiglas” not “flexi glass.” It’s a brand name of acrylic.
@9. Pool in your garage
Yeah they’re called resistance pools. You have a flow of water against you that is equal to your swimming power. You stay in one place!